This is the essence of Eyewitness Palestine. Every delegation is a unique human journey. Each trip is an experiment in building transnational solidarity based on real human connections. Every experience is real, honest, heartfelt, and genuine. Since 2001, these have been the values that inform our work.

Join Eyewitness Palestine as we foster connections, build movements, and work for change. This is your journey for justice with Palestinian and Israeli peace-builders.

What We Do

Eyewitness Palestine takes you on an immersive journey in Palestine/Israel so you can learn directly from Palestinian and Israeli human rights defenders, community organizers, and citizens.

Every delegation is a unique and unforgettable experience. We custom-design each itinerary and constantly add new meetings and experiences but always featuring the voices of Palestinians and Israelis committed to peace with justice.

You will return from your Eyewitness Palestine delegation educated, motivated, and inspired. If you are ready to jump into activism in your community, we’ll be there to help you.

Our signature Education and Advocacy Program is designed to provide skills and experiences you can leverage in your community. Since 2001, we've helped 1,300 delegates tell their story confidently and strategically!

Our Values

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We believe that every person deserves to live with dignity, freedom, and within an equitable society. Our delegates, and other members of Eyewitness Palestine's growing community, are extensions of this dream and vision.

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We believe social change happens from the ground up. Therefore, Eyewitness Palestine centers the narratives, histories, and lived experiences of Palestinians - both in Palestine and within the diaspora.

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We believe social change happens from within. Therefore, Eyewitness Palestine fosters shared power in decision making, and equally values the labor and gifts of each person in our community - staff, volunteers, delegates, donors, and partners.

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We believe that misconceptions prevalent in mainstream discourse can be effectively confronted through experience. Eyewitness Palestine delegates root their advocacy in the lived experience of Palestinians and Israelis working for peace with justice.

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We believe in relationships and nurture our long-standing ties with communities of peace-builders, resisters to oppression, and nonviolent activists.

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We believe in collective liberation and the transformative power of nonviolent social change. Eyewitness Palestine builds power at the intersections and challenges oppression, racism, and war in all forms.

Our Journey For Justice

Eyewitness Palestine (formerly Interfaith Peace-Builders) began in 2001 as a project of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States. The Interfaith Peace-Builders program was created as a response to a call from Palestinian and Israeli activists to begin consistently sending delegations to the region.

We became an independent not-for-profit organization in 2008. After more than 15 years and 65 delegations to Palestine/Israel, our work engages increasingly diverse communities in a dramatically evolving international movement. Delegates include movement activists and those brand new to the issue; pastors, imams, rabbis and other religious leaders; medical workers and artists; students and retirees; LGBTQ activists and church members.

We changed our name to Eyewitness Palestine in 2018 so that we could better serve the movement for Palestinian freedom. For the movement to grow, we must bring more people face-to-face with the realities Palestinians live with. We must build stronger connections between Palestinian activists and those of us here in North America.

We have partnered on groundbreaking delegations, including Indigenous and People of Color Delegations, African Heritage Delegations, Lawyers and Legal Scholars Delegations, Civil and Human Rights Delegations, innovative interfaith delegations, and more.

Eyewitness Palestine is not affiliated with any government, political party, or special interest group. We are funded primarily through individual donations, both large and small.

People

People are the heartbeat of our organization. We believe that every individual has the potential and ability to transform themselves, their community, and the world

Every person we work with - staff, board, volunteers, delegates, partners, and donors - has something to learn and something to teach. We invite you to join us!

Who we work with

With Eyewitness Palestine, the delegation itself is just the beginning of your journey.

We work with a variety of national, regional, and local organizations to who are ready to support your efforts educate your community, mobilize for justice, and help build the larger movement for Palestinian freedom.As an IFPB delegate, our networks are your networks!

How We Are Funded

Eyewitness Palestine is a people-powered 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Since 2001, we have been supported by thousands of individual funders and foundations. Almost 2/3 of our support comes from individuals who donate at all levels - from $10 to $10,000. Our average annual contribution is $137.

Are you ready for your journey for justice?

Founded in 2001, Eyewitness Palestine works to build movements of solidarity with grassroots struggles for justice in Palestine/Israel. Your journey for justice with Palestinian and Israeli peace-builders starts here!